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" Philosophical perspectives on infinity / "
Graham Oppy.
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BL
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993480
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b747850
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| Main Entry
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Oppy, Graham,1960-
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Philosophical perspectives on infinity /\ Graham Oppy.
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 2006.
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1 online resource (xvii, 316 pages)
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0511191669
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: 0511191960
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: 0511498985
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: 9780511191664
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: 9780511191961
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: 9780511498985
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0521860679
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1280458836
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9781280458835
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index.
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| Abstract
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Exploring philosophical questions about infinity, Graham Oppy examines how the infinite lurks everywhere, both in science and in our ordinary thoughts about the world. He also analyzes the many puzzles and paradoxes that follow in the train of the infinite, addressing such simple notions as counting, adding, and maximizing present serious difficulties. Other topics examined include the nature of space and time, infinities in physical science, infinities in theories of probability and decision, the nature of part/whole relations, mathematical theories of the infinite, and infinite regression and principles of sufficient reason.
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Infinite.
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Infinite.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Metaphysics.
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111/.6
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BD411.O67 2006eb
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